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M. R. LONGACRE.

CASH REGISTERING AND INDIGATING MACHINE.

No. 449,328. Patented Mar. 31, 1891.

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M. R. LONGACRE. CASH RBGISTBRING AND INDIGATING MACHINE.

No. 449,328. Patented Mar. 31,1891.

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M. R.. LONGAGRE.

CASH RBGISTBRING AND INDIGATING MACHINE.

No. 449,328. Patented Mar.31,1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

MATTHIAS R. LONGAORE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THELONGAORE COMPANY, LIMITED, OF SAME PLACE.

CASH REGISTERING AND'INDICATING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 449,328, dated March31, 1891.

Application iled May 15,1890. Serial No. 351,894. (No model.)

To all whom it iii/tty concern:

Be it known that I, MATTHIAS R. LoNGAoEE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have inventedImprovements in Cash Registering and Indieating Machines, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention consists of certain improvements in the construction ofcash indicating and registering machines, which improvements have beenmore especially designed for application to the apparatus for which Ihave obtained Letters Patent of the United States, dated June l0,lS90,No.429,927. My present improvements-some or all of them-may,however, be applied to other constructions of indicating andregistering` machines than as illustrated in my said application.

One of the chief objects of my present invention is to so construct theregistering mechanism and devices for operating` the same that theseveral registering-wheels to which the indicated figures aretransferred will be operated at different or independent intervals oftime, or, in other words, successively, so that in carrying over fromone such registering-wheel to the next higher no such error can arise asmight happenin a machine in which two or more registering-wheels areoperated at the same time to transfer the lignres from their respectiveindicators.

A further object of my invention is to so construct the apparatus thatthe drawer or other handled device by which the indicating andregistering mechanism is operated cannot be returned to its closed ornormal position until it has first been carried to the full extent ofits forward movement for the making of an indication.

My invention also comprises certain other improvements in theconstruction of the apparatus, which will be more fully referred tohereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is an elevation,with the counterand part of the stand in section, of the complete indicating andregistering apparatus, looking at it from the salesmans side of thecounter. Fig. 2 is a View of the means for operating the indicating andregistering mechanism. Fig. 3 is a view illustrating theregistering-wheels and means for carrying from one registering wheel tothe next higher. Fig. 3 is an edge view of one of theregistering-wheels. Figa is a view of the device for preventing thereturn movement of the drawer or other operating device nntil itsforward movement has been completed. Fig. 5 is a corresponding sectionalview. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the drawer and slide, partly broken away,and with the counter removed. Fig. 7 is a detached view ot part of thedrawer, rack, and pinion gearing into it.

As I have before said, my present improvements are designed moreespecially for application to the indicating and registering machineforming the subject of my above-mentioned patent, and I have in theaccompanying drawings shown my present invention as so applied.

The characteristic feature of the machine of my aforesaid patent is thatit is composed of two or more indicating mechanisms, each having amovableindicator,preferably in the form of a disk, and anoperating-wheel there` for, and a set of numbered controlling-keys todetermine the extent of movement of the indicator and arranged in acircle and passing through the frame transversely at right angles to therotating indicating-disk and with their n umberedheads on onel side ofthe frame, while in the other side of the frame is an opening forexhibiting to the customer the numbers on the indicating-disk. In mysaid patent these indicating mechanisms are shown combined with acash-drawer or other handled device, which imparts a positive motion toeach indicator, tirstin one direction to an extent determined by theoperated key to make an indication and then in the reverse direction toreturn the indicator to its normal position. As a matter of preferencethe registeringwheels combined with each of these indicating systems aremounted on the same spindle and are operated positively by the samecashdrawer or other handled device, either as the indicators are movedforward to make an indication or as they are returned to their normalpositions, These several indicating and registering mechanisms, centraldrivingwheel, and other parts are mounted in a snitable fixed framesupported by a post on the IOO counter of the store or other suitablebase, and when the drawer is used as the operating means the drawer isgeared to an upright shaft which transmits motion to a drivingwheelcommon to the several indicating and registering systems. By the termindicator I do not wish to be understood as Vmeaning merely the numbereddisks, but to include the moving parts carrying or carried by the disks.l

' My present improvements are shown in the accompanying drawings asapplied to an indicating and registering machine embodying theseprinciples or features.

indicating and registering mechanisms on what I have termed the unitssystem, two such mechanisms for the dollars and two for the cents, sothat the machine can indicate any amount up to ninety-nine dollars andninety-nine cents and can make totalizing registries up to any amount,depending in the present case only upon the number of registering-wheelsfor the tens column of dollars. Inthis instance I have shown in Fig. 1the registry for the tens columns of dollars as provided with tworegistering-wheels, so that total registries can be made up to ninehundred and ninety-nine dollars and ninety-nine cents. It should beunderstood, however, that I do not limit myself to a machine having anyspecial number of indicating and corresponding registering wheels, astwo, three, or

more may be used, according to the character of the machine required,and my improvements may be applied to an interval machine as well as toa units machine.

Referring to Fig. 1, C represents the counter, table, or other suitablebase'uponwhichthe mechanism is supported, and K indicates thecash-drawer, which is mounted to slide in suitable guides c below thecounter or other suitable base, and which I prefer to use as the meansfor imparting motion to both indicating and registering wheels, asdescribed in my aforesaid patent. Ihe post S', supportin g theindicating and registering mechanism, in this case is shown astwo-legged simply as a matter of structural convenience. Through one ofthese legs, which is made tubular, passes the shaft L, by which motionis transmitted from the drawer Kto the moving members of the indicatingand registering'mechanisms. For this purpose a pinion lon the lower endof the upright shaft L gears into a rack .k on one side of the drawer.

The stand or frame S, which is mounted upon the post S', carries thefour frames A A A2 A3, each containing its own indicating andregistering mechanism, as describedin my above-cited patent. Eachindicating system is provided with keys numbered from l to 9,andtheindicating and registering wheels are numbered correspondingly.The indicating system A is for the units column of cents, the system Ais for the tens column of cents, the system A2 is for the units columncolumn of dollars.

I have Ashown the machine as provided with four of these' of dollars,and vthe system A3 forl the tens It has not been thought necessary toillustrate ,in these drawings the details of the keys and devices forthrowing the indicators out of gear with their operating-wheels by theoperation of the keys to determine the extent of movement oftheindicators, as these devices may be substantially the same as shown inmy above-mentioned patent,-No. 429,927. For the sake of illustration,however, I have indicated in Fig. 5 one such key ly as in a position toact on the tail e of the pawl E on an operating-wheel E to throw thelatter out vof engagement with its indicator D. The position of one suchkey is also indicated by dotted lines in connection with thetripping-disk F in Fig. 4. e

Each indicating system, with its corresponding registering wheel orwheels, has its own operating-wheel E, and all of themvare driven by thecommon driving-wheel H, as described in my above patent; but accordingto my present invention this driving-wheel, instead of being anordinarygear-wheel, is specially constructed for the purpose of operating theregistering-wheels, as I have said, in independent intervals of time. Asin my former machine, this wheel H, acting on the severaloperating-wheels E, primarily moves the indicators of the severalsystems, and thus operates the registering-wheels. Two of the indicatorsD are shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5. Motion isimparted to the centraldrivingwheel H through the medium of a worm Z upon theupperl end of theu prightshaftL, gearing into a worm h,secured to the shaft carrying thedriving-wheel H. In the present instance, as illustrated in Fig. 5, thisshaft of the driving-wheel H is hollow and mounted to turn on a centralspindle in the frame S. The construction of this driving-wheelH will beunderstood on reference to Figs. 2 and 5, from which it will be seenthat instead of being a complete gear-wheel it has two segmental racksor gears g g lying in dierent planes and each of about the length of asemicircle. They are so set with reference to each other that adiametrical line connecting the opposite ends of one segment will lie atright angles to a diametrical line connecting the opposite ends of theother segment, as will be seen on reference to Fig. 2. One of thesesegmental racks g is in this instance adapted to gear into theoperating-wheels E of diametrically-opposite systems, while the `othersegmental rack g is adapted to gear into the operating-wheels E of theother alternate and diametrically-opposite indicating systems. It willbe seen, however, tliat as each segment is about the length of asemicircle or slightly less it can gear into only one of its twooperating-wheels at a time, and the driving-wheel H, with its segmentalracks, and the operating-wheels E of the several systems are soproportioned that the length of each rack is about equal to thecircumferenceof each operating-wheel IOO IIO

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E. l prefer to combine with this construction safety devices, wherebythe racks on the d riving-wheel shall always gear properly into theiroperating-wheels. For this purpose I may make use of something in thenat-ure of a Geneva stop, consisting of the curved segment e, carried byeach wheel E and coinciding with the smooth part of the circumference ofthe driving-wheel H. This smooth circumference in this instance liesbetween the planes of the segmental racks g g. At proper points in thissmooth circumference are cut notches g2, which permit the projectingparts of the segments c to enter therein and allow the correspondingoperating-wheel E to turn as soon as it comes into gear with itscorresponding` rack. As soon as the operating-wheel has completed itsrevolution and becomes disengaged f rom the rack of the d rivingwheelthe curved segment e will find itself coinciding with the smoothperiphery of the driving-wheel, and the operating-wheel will then belocked in the proper position to re-engage with the rack ou the returnmovement of the driving-wheel.

The registering-w heels of the four systems are illustrated in Fig. 3,and each of these registering-wheels is provided with ratchet-teethcorresponding in number with the figures on the wheels, as indicated bythe dotted lines, Fig. 3. Into these ratchet-teeth engage pawls fr onthe arms or wheels R, driven by the operatin g-w heels E of the severalindicating systems, and these pawls may be so set that theregistering-wheel or first wheel of a set corresponding to any oneindicator may be operated on either the forward or return movement otthe operating-wheel E. In Fig. 3 I have shown pawls ot' the two systemson the left-hand side as set to move the registeringwheels w-hen theoperating-wheels are moved in one direction, while the pawls of thesystems on the right-hand side are arranged to operate theregistering-wheels when their operating-wheels E are moved in the otheror reverse direction. The driving-wheel yH being com mon to all theoperating-wheels E, it is evident that the registering' mechanism isoperated by the driving-wheel H on both its forward and returnmovements. Since the racks g g of the driving-wheel move theoperating-wheels E, two in the first half, say, of thc forwardrevolution andthe remaining two during the second half of the forwardrevolution, it will be seen that by this arrangement of the pawls r oneregistering-wheel only will be moved during the tirsthalt of the forwardrevolution, another will be moved during the next halt' ot the forwardrevolution of the driving-wheel, while athird registering-wheel will bemoved during the first halt` of the return movement of the driving-wheeland the fourthy during the second halt of vthe return movement of thedriving-wheel. By this means no two registering-wheels to whichindicated figures are transferred are moved during the same interval oftune, and consequently the registering movement of one wheel may becarried over to the next higher and through all the series without anypossible danger of mistake, such as might occurif any two ot suchregistering-wheels should be operated at the same tim e.

I may use any convenient means for carrying over from oneregistering-wheel to the next, and in Fig. I have shown devices whichmay be conveniently employed for that purpose. These consist of a pawl,rod, orbar t, mounted to slide in guides t in the frame and acted on bysprings t2 to normally move the bar in a direction opposite to thatindicated by its arrow in Fig. 3. The end ol each bar carriesaspring-pawl to engage with suitable teeth or depressions in theregisteringwheel. A pin or projection p on each registering-wheel,except the last, (indicated by dotted lines in Fig. and in full lines inFig. 3%) acts on the rear end of the adjacent pawlbar t as theregistering-wheel completes its revolution, so that each completerevolution of, say, the lowest registering-wheel will cause a one-stepmovement to be imparted tothe next higher wheel.

It is evident from the foregoing that without departing from myinvention the carrying device between the tens of cents and the units ofdollars can be dispensed with and additional adders placed on thetens-oE-cents system, as shown in the tens of dollars.

In order to prevent the parts from being returned to Zero for a newoperation before the drawer and consequently the drivingwheel H havebeen moved to their full forward limits, l provide safety devices, suchas illustrated in Figs. 4E and These consist of a ratchet-wheel M, fixedto or formed in one with the driving-wheel H or geared to thedriving-wheel Il, so as to move with it and with this ratchet-wheel iscombined a pawl N, pivoted to the frame or casing. This pawl has atail-piece n, adapted to be acted on by a pin or projection 0 on a wheelO, which has as many arms as there are indicating and registeringsystems. In the presentinstance, as shown, this wheel O has four arms,and it is free to turn toa limited extent upon the shaft of thedriving-wheel H. These four arms project outward at such points thatthey will lie in the paths of pins or projectionsf upon thetripping-disks F of the several indicating systems, one tripping-disk Fonly being` indicated on the drawings Normally this wheel() is in such aposition that its pin or projection o, acting on the tail 'n of the pawlN, will, against the action of a suitable spring a', keep the pawl Nnormally out of engagement with the ratchet M; but when one of thetrippingdisks is moved bythe operation of any key of its system the pinf on the tripping-disk F will strike the arm of the wheel O and move itin the direction of its arrow,Fig.4,into the position indicated in thatligure. The pawl N will thus, under the action of the spring, fall intoengagement with the ratchet-wheel,

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M, and then the driving-wheel H, while it can move forward in thedirection of its arrow,

, cannot be moved backward until the pawl N is throwny out of engagementwith the ratchetwheel again. This latter is effected bv a pin fm on theratchet-wheel acting (on the completion of the forward movement of thedriving-wheel) upon the left-hand side of the lever or arm J, (in theigure,) so that the latter, acting upon the pin 0 of thepawl-controllingwheel O, will push it from the position shown in Fig. 4in the directionof the arrow 3. Through the action of the pin 0y upon thetail of thepawl N the latter will be freed from the ratchet-wheel again, and thedriving- Vwheel and indicatingwheels can then be re- .turned to theirnormal orz'eropositions AsY the extent of movement of the cashdrawer Kis in most cases more than suicicnt to give the necessary extent ofrotary movement to the upright shaft L, I may combine with the rack andpinion a safetydevice somewhat similar in character and operation tolthe safety device used on the driving-wheel H, as shown in Fig. 2. vIprefer to have this lost motion between the drawer and .pinion eitherwholly or partly at the end-of the closing movement of the drawer, asshownfin Fig. 7, so that even should the salesman by accident not pushthe drawer entirelyin for making his change ,he will nevertheless havepushed it so far in as to return the indicating mechanism to zero. Thesafety device consists of a fiat-sided washer W, which runs upon a ribor ange k on the drawer-rack as the pinion Zbecomes disengaged from therack at either end. In this rib or iange areformed notches `k2 adjacentto the ends of the rackc,

' so that as the pinion entersinto engagement with the rack either onthe forward or backwardmovement of the drawer the pinion will then befree to turn until it has completedv its revolution while in engagementwith the rack. Then the Hat side vof the washer W, as the piniondisengages from the rack, will come into coincidence with the ange' lo',so as -to hold the pinion in proper position for re-engagement of therack on the return movement of the drawer. l

I claim as my inventionl. In an indicating and registering machine, thecombination of two or more indicators and two or more correspondingregistering-wheels with a driving-gear device 'common to the saidregistering-whcels,and having a movement iirst'in one direction and thenin the reverse direction, and adapted to operate the registering-wheelson both of saidmovements, as and for the purpose set forth, andl meansto actuate the said drivinggear de-v vice.

2. In an indicating and registering ma-` first in one direction and thenin thereverse direction, and adapted to operatethe regisdrawer or otherhandled device to impart a positive motion to the vsaid driving-wheel.y

3. YTwo or more indicatingmechanisms having movable indicators and4a'series of vkeys determining their extent of movement andregistering-wheels to correspond with the 'indicators, in combinationwith a driving gear'- wheel common to the several indicating andregistering mechanisms and a 'cash-drawer or other handledfdevicepositively moving thesaid drivingwheel `first in one direction t'o makea partA of the vregistries and then in the reverse direction to 'makethel remainder'of the registries. f

4. The combination of two or more indicating mechanisms with movableindicators, and sets of controlling-keysdetermining their extent ofmovement and having corresponding registering-wheels, and a driving-gear.device common to the said indicators and registeringwheels, and movingfirst in one direction and then in the reverse direction, and adapted tomake indications on one of these movements and' to operate thecorresponding registering-wheels part in one and part in the oth'erofthese movements, as and for the purpose set forth, and means to operatethe driving-gear device. y Y 5. The combinationof two or moreregistering -whee1s, each having an operatingwheel, with a commondriving-wheelhaving one or more racks to gear with the said sev-A eraloperating-wheels, each rack being adaptedv to rotate two of saidoperating-wheels in succession.

6. The combination of two or more indicating-wheels, each having acorresponding registering-wheel and an operating-wheel, with a commondriving-wheel to gear with the said several operating-wheels and rotatethem iirst in one direction to makeindications and part of thecorresponding registries and then in the reverse v.direction to returnthe indicating` partsto their normal positions and make the remainingregistries.

7. The combination of -two or more indieating-wheels, each having acorresponding registering Wheel and an operating wheel therefor,with acommon driving-wheel to gear with theseveral operating-wheels, andhaving a movement rst in one direction and then in the other, andoperating some of the registering-wheels on one of the movements andsome onV the other, and devices for transmitting motion from one suchregistering-wheel to another.

' 8.V The combination of two or more -indieating-wheels, each having acorresponding registering wheel and an operating-wheel, with a commondriving-wheel having one' or more racks to turn some of theoperatingwheels at different times, and a safety device,

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substantially as described, to lock one or more of the operating-wheelswhile the drivingwheels rotate the others.

D. The combination ot two or more indicating mechanisms and a commondriving gear-wheel therefor with a ratchet-wheel moving with the saiddriving-wheel, a pawl adapted to engage with the said ratchetwheel andmeans to disengage it at the end of the movement of the driving-wheel inmaking' an indication, an d a cash-drawer or other handled device tomove the driving-wheel.

l0. The combination of two or more movable indicators, operating wheelstherefor, and a series of controlling-keys determining the extent ofmovement of the indicators, and a common driving-wheel for the saidoperating-wheels with a ratchet-wheel moving` with the said driving-wheel, and a pawl adapted to be engaged with the said ratchetwheel onthe operation of a key and to be disengaged at the end of the movementof the driving-wheel in making' an indication.

ll. The combination of two or more indicating and registeringmechanisms,each having a series of controlling-keys determining the extent ofmovement of its indicator, and a common driving-wheel for the indicatorsand corresponding registering-wheels with a ratchet-wheel moving withthe said drivingwheel and a pawl adapted to be engaged with theatchet-wheel on the operation of a key and to be disengaged at the endof the movement of the driving-wheel in making an indication.

l2. The combination of two or more indicating mechanisms, each having aseries of controlling-keys determining the extent of movement of itsindicator, an operatingwheel therefor, and a driving-wheel common to theseveral operating-wheels with a ratchet-wheel moving with the saiddriving-wheel, a pawl pivoted to the frame, a wheel controlling theengagement of the pawl with the said ratchet-wheel operated by the keysof any system, and with an arm to disengage the pawl when thedriving-wheel completes its movement in making an indication, allsubstantially as described.

13. Two or more indicating-wheels and corresponding registering-Wheelsand an operating-wheel to move the said indicators and theircorresponding registry-wheels, in combination with a common driving-wheel adapted to gear with the several operating-wheels to move thesaid indicators and make corresponding registries in part when theindicators are moved to make their indications and in part when thevarious parts are returned to theirnorxnal positions, and a drawer orother handled device to operate the said driving-wheel.

14. The combination of indicating and registering mechanisms with adriving-shaft therefor having a pinion and a cash-drawer having a rackto gear into the said pinion, but ont of gear therewith when the draweris entirely closed.

l5. The combination of indicating and registering mechanisms with adriving shaft therefor having a pinion, and a cash-drawer having a rack,and a safety device, substantially as described, to lock the shaft asits pinion passes ont of gear with the rack, all substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specitication in thepresence ot' two subscribing witnesses.

Mrfl'llllAS R. LONGAGRE.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM D. CoNNnR, HARRY SMITH.

